It’s not Israelis who are struggling with challenges to their values but Jews in the Diaspora.
(Jan. 30, 2025 / JNS) At this intensely difficult time for Israel and the Jewish people, one might expect leading Jews to be throwing themselves into the fight against antisemitism and those who defame the State of Israel.
As the forces of Islamist holy war double down in their attempt to destroy Israel and slaughter Jews, the deranged narrative they promote of wanton Israeli child-killers and innocent Palestinian Arab victims has caused untold numbers throughout the West to lose their minds to this propaganda, producing a tsunami of antisemitic violence, intimidation and harassment.
Unfortunately, a significant number of Jews in the Diaspora choose not to identify correctly the causes of this emergency for the Jewish people. Instead, they place the blame on Israel’s longtime prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.